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/ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ noun C2
  1. The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen. (countable, uncountable) · The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.
  2. The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically. (uncountable) · Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.
  4. The English term or expression for some thing or idea. (countable, uncountable) · What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?
  5. The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication. (countable, uncountable) · The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.
  6. A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English. (countable, uncountable) · Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.
  7. Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes. (countable, uncountable) · I loved reading until 7th grade English.
  8. A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point. (countable, dated, uncountable)

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Moody Spurgeon says he feels it in his bones that he is going to fail in English history.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 265 · C1
By the English printers, long before, in London town.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
All the little letters did the English printer set;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
Ay, and while you slept, a baby, over all the English lands
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 26 · C1

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